Vegetable-washer.



S. A. MASCIA..

VBGETABLB' WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED wehe, 190e.

974,165.4 Patented Nov.1,19'10.

` borough of the State of New York, have invented certain 'vided witha'valve d.

UNITED vsrnrns PATENT. caracas.y

sAvEmo A. Mesem, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEGETABLE-WASHER.

Specication of Letters Fatent.

Application led August 9, 1909. i Serial No. 512,032.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

To all lwhom it may concern: j

Be it known that I, SAvERIoAnMAscIA, a citizen of the United States,residing in the Bronx, city, county, and

new and useful Improvements in Vegetable- Washers, of which thefollowing is a speciication. o

My improvements relate to washers for cleaning and straining vegetables,&c., and are designed lto adord a simple, cheap and effective apparatuswhereby vegetables, or other articles to be cleansed preparatory tocooking or other subsequent treatment may be introduced into a rotatablecylindrical cage, washed and drained therein, and b oth the cage and itscontents then-removed from the apparatus, substantially as hereinafterset forth. 4

The invention consists in the specific construction and arrangement ofparts herein shown, described and claimed, distinguishing features beingthe use of aspray stand pipe adapted to receive and support one end ofthe vegetable cage, and the latter provided with a journal crank whichalso4 answers as a handle in manipulating` and transporting the cagewhen the latter is inserted in position in the apparatus or withdrawntherefrom for the purpose lof transferring the cleansed vegetables to a'boiler, or otherwise disposing of them.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, is a sectional side elevation ofmy improved vegetable washer, and Fig. 2, a sectional end elevation ofthe same.D s

-D, is a semi-cylindrical tank into thebottom of which enters a drainpipe Ari, pro- The edges-fof the tank D are inturned and bent downwardto form return flanges, over which lits the semi-cylindrical cover I-I.

A is an external, water supply pipe connected with the internal spraystand pipe B. The lower member b, of this spray lstand pipe whichconnects with the external supply pipe A. is arranged axially withrelation to thesemi-cylindrical tank D, and forms a stationary bearingor journal for one end of the vegetable cage C. From thisL 'with'relation tothe axis of the apparatus,

f adapted to lit and is formed with holes, through which the water isejected to cleanse the material in the cage C.

E, is an overow stand pipe arranged to limit the water level in the tankand carry oif'any excess of water.

The cage C consists f a cylindrical shell of woven wire. orotherperforate metal, closed by and attached to disks o and 02-that at theleft hand side""c, being formed wit a central annularbearing c3, andpass over the spray pipe B on the lower member b, of which this end ofthe cage C is supported. To thel center of the other disk 02 1s secureda journal g, and crank G, the journal g'restirig in a bearing la,provided for iton that endof the semi-'cylindrical tank D. The journalg, is not cap ed to this bearing and may be raised t erefrom. The .cageC is provided with a movable section L, secured in position' by anysuitable mechanical expedient.

In practical use the cover H is lifted ott' the tank D, the'section L,of the cage removed for the insertion ofthe vegetables, and thenreplaced, after which the cover H, is again placed over the tank D.`Water is then introducedy through the pipe A, causing the spray standpipe to eject water among the vegetables, the cage C beingmeanwhilerotated by means of the crank G. Overflow is carried o" throughthe stand pipe E. The residual water is. Withdrawn whenever desired byopening the valve d', in the discharge pipe d. When the vegetables have`y been thoroughly cleansed and drained the cover H is removed, and thecage withdrawn by raising the crank G, and journalp, and slidingthe'annular bearing c3 over and from the spray stand pipe B. V

What I claim as my invention Vand desire to secure by Letters Patentis,j .`r j C |In a" device of the character described, the combinationwith the semicylindrical tank and cover, of the spray stand-pipesupported axially in vthejtanlfr,andfprojecting upward 4above thev axialline. of same. the perforate `cylindrical cage fforinedfwith .a

vcentralannular bearing in v `one end disk adapted to tit and pass overthe spray stand pipe and with a journal and crank attached to the other`end disk the journal being adaptedto rest on a bearing formedffor itsreception on that end of the tank, said end of New York and Stataof NewYork this disks, a water supply pipe, an overiow pipe .seventh day ofAugust A. D. 1909.

and ay discharge pipe connected with the tank, the whole arranged andoperating sub- SAVERIO A' MASCIA', 5 stantially in the manner and forthe, pur- Witnesses;

pose descrlbed. FmRENTIN RIGoTrI,

Signed at New :York city in the county VINCENT V'ALEN'I'E.v

